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but right now i think it will affect us. and guys, this could bring some areas some snow. >> that's not good news. neither is this, what we're about to tell you. millions of americans are relying on generators this week and the champion power equipment company is recalling more than 8,500 of its generators because of a fire hazard. this is what those generators look like. they were sold from december to july of last year in costco stores. eight fires have been reported. we do have the model numbers and other information at nbcwashington.com. just search generator recall. >>> new york's coney island aquarium, it may have to evacuate thousands of marine animals at the site in the wake of the superstorm sandy. like other parts of the city the 14-acre aquarium flooded, lost electricity. the staff has been working to restore the filtration systems necessary to keep those animals alive. there isn't enough electricity to keep all of the exhibits and the holding tanks going. so if the full power isn't back up in a couple of days, th
but right now i think it will affect us. and guys, this could bring some areas some snow. >> that's not good news. neither is this, what we're about to tell you. millions of americans are relying on generators this week and the champion power equipment company is recalling more than 8,500 of its generators because of a fire hazard. this is what those generators look like. they were sold from december to july of last year in costco stores. eight fires have been reported. we do have the...
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police tell us the gunman was cody's father. he was later found after taking his own life in new york. >>> now to a developing story in prince william county, virginia. police have just released the name and picture of a man wanted to a braising carjacking in manassas. they're looking for antoine mcgifr. the suspects stole their car along with the victim's rent money and his tab lett computer. there's a $1,000 reward being offered in this case. the snub lanes of rockville pike are still closed this even after a serious accident involving six cars. 9 five people were taken to a local hospital for treatment. a 61-year-old man is being treated for life-threatening injuries. still no work on what caused that pileup. >>> now to the latest on the fiscal cliff talks tonight. a group of congressional leaders dropped a ball of their own today. theirs was a symbolic gesture. and released a disco ball. nothing to dance about tonight, but a meeting on the fiscal cliff just wrapped up at the white house. president obama and top congressional
police tell us the gunman was cody's father. he was later found after taking his own life in new york. >>> now to a developing story in prince william county, virginia. police have just released the name and picture of a man wanted to a braising carjacking in manassas. they're looking for antoine mcgifr. the suspects stole their car along with the victim's rent money and his tab lett computer. there's a $1,000 reward being offered in this case. the snub lanes of rockville pike are...
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so join us there. you can tell us about your voting experience. you can tweet us at nbcwashington #decision 2012. >>> all eyes on a coastal storm that could smack the new jersey and new york coastlines again. >> while you'll be doing a lot of work for this election, i will be doing no extra work for this storm. that should tell you something. during sandy, we were here the entire time. this storm is not going to be anything like that in our area at all. yes, i think we'll see some wins. yes, i think we'll see maybe a little rain and snow. this is not going to have a big impact on our area. it is going to take shape. not much of an impact on our weather. we're just on the cold side. 45 degrees. winds out of the east at nine miles per hour. temperatures around the rest of the region into the 30s already. in winchester, 39 degrees. 49 in gaithersburg. 43 in manassas. it is a very cold night. this storm will affect us at least a little bit in parts of the area. i'll show you who gets what and when coming up in my full forecast. >> all right. >>> a can
so join us there. you can tell us about your voting experience. you can tweet us at nbcwashington #decision 2012. >>> all eyes on a coastal storm that could smack the new jersey and new york coastlines again. >> while you'll be doing a lot of work for this election, i will be doing no extra work for this storm. that should tell you something. during sandy, we were here the entire time. this storm is not going to be anything like that in our area at all. yes, i think we'll see...
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we basically, it's us going, fighting for our lives. could be our last game ever. i don't know if any of us will get a play in college or anything, but i know a lot of them are. they have everything to lose and we have nothing to lose. >> you got to love those guys from bethesda chevy chase. they're hungry and they have an opportunity tonight to do something big. they are going up against their defense and marcus newby headed to nebraska next year. a true test there. everybody at home, if you don't have anything going on, come out and support one of your local high school football teams. they earned a right to be here and i know they would appreciate your support. carol, back to you. >> thank you, we appreciate your work. that was a good story. looking forward to the highlights. have them for you tonight at 11:00. >>> coming up at 5:30, which neighborhood in our yaarea have the best access to public transportation. >> details coming up on news 4. >>> an exclusive tour with firefighters battling huge fires during hurricane >>> fast forward through the headlines. d.c
we basically, it's us going, fighting for our lives. could be our last game ever. i don't know if any of us will get a play in college or anything, but i know a lot of them are. they have everything to lose and we have nothing to lose. >> you got to love those guys from bethesda chevy chase. they're hungry and they have an opportunity tonight to do something big. they are going up against their defense and marcus newby headed to nebraska next year. a true test there. everybody at home, if...
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so this is really going to be an amazing next hour. >> let us pray. >> all right. thanks, doug. >>> now, let's check out what stories are trending online today. >>> kate middleton is resting at kensington palace in london tonight. the duchess of cambridge left the hospital with prince william today. she spent the last four days there receiving treatment for severe morning sickness. she told reporters outside the hospital that she's feeling much better. meanwhile, the two radio hosts who called the hospital impersonating the queen and prince charles apologized again today. their prank exposed confidential information about the duchess' treatment. >>> several of music's top acts performed at a concert for this year's grammy nominees. six different artists led the pack in terms of the most nominations, including kanye west, jay-z, mumford and sons. and dan hourback of the black keys. >>> nasa released unprecedented images of earth today. the pictures show twinkling city lights and other nighttime views never seen before, dubbed the black marble. they were taken during
so this is really going to be an amazing next hour. >> let us pray. >> all right. thanks, doug. >>> now, let's check out what stories are trending online today. >>> kate middleton is resting at kensington palace in london tonight. the duchess of cambridge left the hospital with prince william today. she spent the last four days there receiving treatment for severe morning sickness. she told reporters outside the hospital that she's feeling much better. meanwhile,...
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tell us how many are still out and tell us about the work that you're doing to get them hooked back up. >> we're down to 58,000 which is quite a bit. we began at the highest appointment, we had over 200,000 customers out. the good news is we project that by the end of the day thursday, we'll have everybody restored with a few exceptions. tomorrow, wednesday, people will be able to get individual estimated restoration times for their homes when the power will go back on. but the big thing is by end of the day thursday, we expect to have with a few exceptions, everybody back on will. >> we know that you were very well prepared with extra crews. you had a lot of outside help, too. are your men and women on the front lines going to be helping in some of the harder hit areas to our north at all? >> reporter: when we're done. we're not done yet. we're already getting requests for our crews when they're done. you probably know that new york and new jersey are especially hit hard. and we won't release them until we get the work done here in northern virginia. >> compared to previous storms, ho
tell us how many are still out and tell us about the work that you're doing to get them hooked back up. >> we're down to 58,000 which is quite a bit. we began at the highest appointment, we had over 200,000 customers out. the good news is we project that by the end of the day thursday, we'll have everybody restored with a few exceptions. tomorrow, wednesday, people will be able to get individual estimated restoration times for their homes when the power will go back on. but the big thing...
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look at us now. how do you like us now? >> that's right, we love you. good news, rg3 practiced again today. we're going to have a full update and highlights coming up. >> good to see him healing great. >> he'll be no setbacks so far. fingers crossed. >> excellent. >> thanks, carol. >>> coming up next, facilities in prince george's county schools received poor grades. >> we're going to tell you why it's going to take a little bit longer before you can use a massive transportation center. >>> university of maryland students rally in support of same-sex marriage. this is chris gordon. i'll have that story, plus an update on the diversity official placed on administrative leave for signing the petition that [ female announcer ] it's one of the hardest decisions a family can make... realizing a nursing home is the only choice. for many middle class families, medicaid is the only way to afford the care. but as a governor, mitt romney raised nursing home fees eight times. and as president, his budget cuts medicaid by one-third and burdens families with the cos
look at us now. how do you like us now? >> that's right, we love you. good news, rg3 practiced again today. we're going to have a full update and highlights coming up. >> good to see him healing great. >> he'll be no setbacks so far. fingers crossed. >> excellent. >> thanks, carol. >>> coming up next, facilities in prince george's county schools received poor grades. >> we're going to tell you why it's going to take a little bit longer before you can...
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sandy showed us what it's like to be scared. now it's up to us to make sure that halloween is safe. that's the latest here in arlington, chris gordon, news4. >>> when we come back, hear from a relative from a woman who died on a ship during hurricane sandy. >>> and coming up at 6:00, someone is trying to take advantage of storm victims in maryland. the i-team discovery tonight at 6:00 coming up. >>> a woman's dream turned into one of 2 tragedies of hurricane sandy. but her family says they'll make sure her legacy lives on. >> 42-year-old claudine christian worked on board the "hms bounty." her aunt sat down to share her story. >> she lived quite a full life and always ready for another adventure. >> reporter: that's how patricia describes her niece. claudine's adventures took her from alaska, where she grew up, to california, where she attended college and started a doll business. a couple of years ago, claudine and her parents moved to be close to the rest of the family and she volunteered in the sheriff's office. >> she just would throw herself full force into anything. >> reporte
sandy showed us what it's like to be scared. now it's up to us to make sure that halloween is safe. that's the latest here in arlington, chris gordon, news4. >>> when we come back, hear from a relative from a woman who died on a ship during hurricane sandy. >>> and coming up at 6:00, someone is trying to take advantage of storm victims in maryland. the i-team discovery tonight at 6:00 coming up. >>> a woman's dream turned into one of 2 tragedies of hurricane sandy....
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they used a blanket and put on sos using burned logs. but help wasn't coming fast enough. >> we saw helicopters. we had a couple fly over our heads but they couldn't see you through the fog. >> reporter: their two-day food supply was running low. hiser eer was in charge of ratg the food. hunger was constantly on their minds. they each lost roughly 15 pounds, waiting for the rescuers. they say the days they spent together hunkered down in a tent mostly consisted about talking about the first meal they would eat when they were rescued. all that time in the extreme elements was a test of endurance and friendship. >> we never got in any arguments, never got irritated. we just used our heads and thought through things. there are a lot of people out there that would take that situation a lot differently. so i think we learned that we were with the right guy. >> reporter: neither of the men were hurt. both of them were immediately given a turkey sandwich by their rescuers. but hiser said he quickly had a beer and wings right after that, and pec
they used a blanket and put on sos using burned logs. but help wasn't coming fast enough. >> we saw helicopters. we had a couple fly over our heads but they couldn't see you through the fog. >> reporter: their two-day food supply was running low. hiser eer was in charge of ratg the food. hunger was constantly on their minds. they each lost roughly 15 pounds, waiting for the rescuers. they say the days they spent together hunkered down in a tent mostly consisted about talking about...
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folks using the rail line as opposed to the drivers using the toll roads. >> reporter: with tolls continuing to go up, some say they'll avoid the toll road all together. >> i'm going to try it. i don't know. i get on there, and it's a different price. and i don't even realize it. >> reporter: now, that's the fear, that too many drivers will get pushed off the toll road and onto local roads which are already clogged. still, other drivers say once the silver line comes online, they'll hop out of the car and onboard. at dulles international airport, adam tuss, news4. >>> when news4 at 5:00 continues, it's beginning to feel a lot like christmas. the annual holiday tradition that attracts millions each year rolls in. >>> and a big surprise at a madonna concert that has the whole crowd doing, yep, you guessed it, gangnam style. >>> enrollment in charter schools is on the rise according to the national alliance for public charter schools. there are now more than 2 million students in the alternative programs. enrollment jumped by 200,000 students in the last year alone. los angeles has the most cha
folks using the rail line as opposed to the drivers using the toll roads. >> reporter: with tolls continuing to go up, some say they'll avoid the toll road all together. >> i'm going to try it. i don't know. i get on there, and it's a different price. and i don't even realize it. >> reporter: now, that's the fear, that too many drivers will get pushed off the toll road and onto local roads which are already clogged. still, other drivers say once the silver line comes online,...
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harry smith joins us live from new york to tell us about this. harry, i know you've seen a lot of devastation through hurricane coverage, tornadoes, the mississippi overflowing its banks, about ten years ago. is this the end of an era for these people along these coastal towns in jersey? >> boy, you know, around the shop here the last couple of days, i've been saying, this is what i expect, have grown to expect from places like florida, or gulfport, mississippi, or new orleans. this is the kind of weather that seems like it goes with that part of the world. one of the things we learned is that the water in the western atlantic was five degrees above normal. that's part of the interview that went into this storm, that's causing damage that we're still learning about, even today. what my story is for "rock center" tonight, we went into lower manhattan where there's no power, hundreds of thousands of people with no power. it was quite astounding to see people make do. new yorkers are notoriously cranky. sometimes hard to get along with. but when pus
harry smith joins us live from new york to tell us about this. harry, i know you've seen a lot of devastation through hurricane coverage, tornadoes, the mississippi overflowing its banks, about ten years ago. is this the end of an era for these people along these coastal towns in jersey? >> boy, you know, around the shop here the last couple of days, i've been saying, this is what i expect, have grown to expect from places like florida, or gulfport, mississippi, or new orleans. this is...
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ask us just about any questions. we're going to go through 6:00, may extend this through 7:00 if we can continue to keep our fingers going. veronica johnson and myself hoping to answer your questions. 70 degrees right now in washington. 66 in frederick. 72 in culpepper. very nice evening. and we'll still see a couple of really nice days. tomorrow's looking pretty good, even though we see mostly cloudy skies. saturday looking okay with a high of 69. mostly cloudy. watch out for the fog both days early friday and saturday morning. of course, sandy coming in sunday, monday, tuesday, and it will stick around with a chance of rain even through halloween. guys, we've got a lot to talk about over the next few days. this is right here is where you want to stay. >> with the potential for hurricane sandy dumping rain in our region, the threat of a wet or flooded basement is real. but as liz crenshaw reports tonight, trying to fix a wet basement can leave a homeowner's wallet dry. >> if you have a wet basement you'll do almost
ask us just about any questions. we're going to go through 6:00, may extend this through 7:00 if we can continue to keep our fingers going. veronica johnson and myself hoping to answer your questions. 70 degrees right now in washington. 66 in frederick. 72 in culpepper. very nice evening. and we'll still see a couple of really nice days. tomorrow's looking pretty good, even though we see mostly cloudy skies. saturday looking okay with a high of 69. mostly cloudy. watch out for the fog both days...
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most of us have generators. even electricity is not a problem. >> reporter: i did talk to someone who lives at the gang plank marina, jason cop cop, and he admitted if the storm really kicks up tonight and gets really windy, he said it's hard to sleep on some of these boats. he said some people are checking into the channel inn which sa motel down here on the waterfront that's been here since the '60s. i just checked with him. there are a couple of rooms left. live on the waterfront, back to you guys. >> thank you, tom. >> and we are going to go now to -- we're going to ava marie in baltimore county. she is in ocean city right now. ava? >> reporter: we're just getting into the worst of the winds. funneling through the buildings right now straight out of the west. can you just see the incredible amount -- i don't know if you can see it through the camera right now, but it is driving the rain straight back to the ocean. the opposite scene from what we saw this morning when the rain was coming the opposite directio
most of us have generators. even electricity is not a problem. >> reporter: i did talk to someone who lives at the gang plank marina, jason cop cop, and he admitted if the storm really kicks up tonight and gets really windy, he said it's hard to sleep on some of these boats. he said some people are checking into the channel inn which sa motel down here on the waterfront that's been here since the '60s. i just checked with him. there are a couple of rooms left. live on the waterfront, back...
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doug joins us now to let us know. >> for the first time in a while, we've hit the mid-50s. at least for high temperatures. but the wind is definitely kicking up as you mentioned. current temperature 52. the dew point right now, 12. the humidity is way down there, very dry atmosphere. look at those winds gusting to 30 miles an hour across the area right now. no rain across our region, but we're going to see clear skies tonight. the storm left our area early this morning after reporting a little bit of light rain and snow at the airport last night. no accumulation as we were talking about. it does look like now we're just going to be dealing with clear skies and sunshine. wait until you see the change in the pattern coming up over the next couple of days. it will take us through the weekend. and i'll show you what that means for you. >> all right. >>> late this afternoon, the man who killed several people and shot congresswoman gabrielle giffords learned his punishment. keith russell is following the sentencing for jared loughner. keith? >> wendy, jared lee loughner will spen
doug joins us now to let us know. >> for the first time in a while, we've hit the mid-50s. at least for high temperatures. but the wind is definitely kicking up as you mentioned. current temperature 52. the dew point right now, 12. the humidity is way down there, very dry atmosphere. look at those winds gusting to 30 miles an hour across the area right now. no rain across our region, but we're going to see clear skies tonight. the storm left our area early this morning after reporting a...
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police tell us a northwood high school student stabbed another with a knife. the two had reportedly been in an argument last week. the victim is expected to be okay. >>> investigators are looking for the cause of a fire at the stor-all storage facility on sudley road in prince william county. more than 80 units were damaged or destroyed. >>> president obama, mitt romney behind closed doors on the eve of the big debate tomorrow, townhall style, at hofstra university in new york. the polls show the race is extremely close at this point. >>> doug? >> looking at a few showers and even a couple of thunderstorms out there. let's look right now at doppler radar, and you can see where the showers are as they continue to make their way through the region, in through portions of southern maryland. one area you notice, this is prince george's county and anne arundel county around the green belt, chevrolet area. as you move to the south and west, the strongest storm right now close to warrenton area. seeing very heavy rain and lightning and thunder, too. i'll show you whe
police tell us a northwood high school student stabbed another with a knife. the two had reportedly been in an argument last week. the victim is expected to be okay. >>> investigators are looking for the cause of a fire at the stor-all storage facility on sudley road in prince william county. more than 80 units were damaged or destroyed. >>> president obama, mitt romney behind closed doors on the eve of the big debate tomorrow, townhall style, at hofstra university in new...
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not bringing us much at all. but a completely story up to the north around new york and philadelphia. take a look at a live shot right now in philadelphia. that's 30th street station in the beautiful cirrus center. >>> it's going to get messy out there in a little bit. let's get more from our chief meteorologist doug kammerer. >> storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer, right here in the storm center4. >> that's it. there you go. >> way to go. >> guys, i think really for us tonight, i think we're going to be okay. we're seeing a few sprinkles but dry air around our region. we're not seeing any of this make its way down to the ground so i'm not too worried about that. as far as the temperatures go right now, we're looking at temperatures around 45 degrees out at the airport. that's what we're going to continue to see here as we move through the rest of the night tonight. those windchills, however, a completely different story. 45 degrees with winds out of the north at 16, puts our windchill at 38 degrees. y
not bringing us much at all. but a completely story up to the north around new york and philadelphia. take a look at a live shot right now in philadelphia. that's 30th street station in the beautiful cirrus center. >>> it's going to get messy out there in a little bit. let's get more from our chief meteorologist doug kammerer. >> storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer, right here in the storm center4. >> that's it. there you go. >> way to go. >> guys, i...
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obama care is about us women. because of our diversity. >> reporter: even as the president rallied in george mason, a new poll said mitt romney gaining ground in virginia, hitting 50% in the survey taken right after the last presidential debate. one of the co-chairs of mitt romney's virginia campaign called the president's latest line of attack an effort to distract. >> when you have no record to run on, you try and distract, divert, and to attack the other side. that's clearly what his campaign has done all summer. and now through the fall. you see that again. but we're focused on talking directly to the american people. >> reporter: but on monday, both candidates will make their arguments face-to-face, in the final debate. in fairfax, virginia, julie carey, news4. >>> mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan will appear together tonight at a rally in daytona beach, florida. earlier today ryan toured a technology lab at the university of south florida in tampa. and later, he met with small business owners and s
obama care is about us women. because of our diversity. >> reporter: even as the president rallied in george mason, a new poll said mitt romney gaining ground in virginia, hitting 50% in the survey taken right after the last presidential debate. one of the co-chairs of mitt romney's virginia campaign called the president's latest line of attack an effort to distract. >> when you have no record to run on, you try and distract, divert, and to attack the other side. that's clearly what...